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just another update:
Tried shaving with the same blade again a couple days ago, touched up for a few laps on the LM then 20 laps on the WT with water followed by 20 with glycerine.......horrible,...

I didn't go up to the "WT" on purpose, wanted to have a comparison between stopping at the LM and going through all 3 stones

Shaved with it this morning......it wasn't quite all of what I was...

update: I grabbed a couple razors that I haven't been able to get a decent shave out of yet and decided to work on them tonight. One is a mid 1800's Marshes & Shepherds, the other is one I haven't...

lucky for me it was my left!

Anyway, I touched up the razor on the purple stone, followed by the finer stone, whatever it's being called nowadays. Did about 30 laps on each diluting from a light...

LOL okay, you win (lose?). Mine only took 20 minutes before I could bandage it. Medical tape works wonders, but yeah, stitches probably would've been smart in both cases...but have never had one...

hopefully not exactly the same way...it sucked LOL I didn't slide it at a shallow angle, i slipped off the tip running my thumb along the spine, instinctively pulled my hand away from the edge, but...

sorry to bump an old thread, but there's so many threads already on these stones that I didn't want to start another one.

I just bought the 3 stone set, looking forward to trying them all out in...